Machine for attaching closures to bottles and the like.



A. GALLESON.

MACHINE FOR ATTAOHING OLOSURES TO BOTTLES AND THE LIKE.

' APPLICATION FILED 0GT.21,1907. 987,670., Patented Mar.21, 1911.

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A. GALLESON. MACHINE FOR ATTAGHING CLOSURES TO BOTTLES AND THE LIKE.

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AMOS CALLESON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF T0 BENJAMINADRIANCE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR ATTACHING CLOSURES TO BOTTLES AND THE LIKE.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Original application filedJ'une 27,1907, Serial No. 267,216. Divided and this application filed October 21,

Patented Mar. 21, 19111..

1907. Serial No. 398,364. 7

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Amos CALLESON, a citizen of the United States,residing in Brooklyn, Brooklyn borough, New York, have inment inMachines for Attaching Closures to Bottles and the Like; and I do herebydeclare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description 0 theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

The invention consists in certain improvements in bottling machineswhereby, as the principal object, several of the operations necessary tofilling bottles with two liquids, under pressure, are so controlled asto reduce the manipulations necessary to a minimum, so that theattention of the operator is centralized and his work materiallyexpedited.

One salient feature of the invention is a novel combination of a fillinghead and a closure-afiixing means in which the affixing means isalternately inclosed by the filling head and exposed, in the oneinstance during filling and in the other instance during a King.

Another leading feature consists in the means whereby the snifting isperformed through the movements of certain parts which have to move,anyway, in order to perform other functions.

Still another feature consists in a novel means for charging the bottleswith the flavoring liquid in just that (gaged) quantity which isrequired, which means also operates in the movement of certain partswhich are required to move to perform other functions.

Another novel feature is the cap attaching means.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of theimproved bottling machine Fig. 2 is a side View thereof: Fig. 3 is aview partly in sideelevation and partly in vertical section ofthe'u'pper portion of the machine: Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional viewof the upper portion of the machine and showing a modification of thecap attaching means, the parts being in the same position as in Fig. 3;Fig. 5 1s a vertical sectional view taken in a plane at rightangles tothe section-plane of Fig. 3 and vented a certain new and usefulImproveshowing the sealing chamber closed; Fig. 6 is a sectional Viewtaken in the same sectionplane as that of Fig. 5, but showing the partsin an advanced stage of the operation, 2'. e., the attaching of the capto the bottle; Fig. 1 is a horizontal sectional view on the line m-ac inFig. 5; and, Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view on the line yg inFig. 6.

In the drawings, a is the usual pedestal or standard having a head I) inwhich and the base a of the standard slides longitudinally a shaft (Z.The weight of this shaft, and the parts it carries, normally forcesitdownwardly, it th us'acting to normally hold up the free/end of atreadle c which is fulcrumed in the base and connected with the lowerend of the shaft by a pitman f. Said shaft carries, adjustably securedthereon, a bracket g in which is mounted a rotatable bottle rest 71 anda bottle rest 2', which latter is guided for movement vertically in thebracket and cushioned by a spring j.

is the lower member of the filling head, the same comprising a sleeve Zwhich slides on the shaft (Z and has a guide-slot m in which works a pinn on the shaft, :1 spring 0 coiled about said shaft between the sleeveand a collar p normally holding the member is at its upper limit ofmovement with respect to the shaft. The member kl is formed with anozzle 9 the duct 1' in which forms, with a duct 8 'in the bottom of agage-cup t carried by member in, the discharge for said cup. u is apiston in the gage-cup carried by a stem 2; whichis guided inan arm w ofthe head 7) and has secured thereon two'adjustable collars an arrangedabove and below said"arm. The supply to the gage-cup t is affordedthrough the duct y, which enters the cup near the bottom thereof, andwhich has a nozzle 2 the restricted opening through which a ball-valve1, held againstithe adjacent end of the opening of said nozzle by aspiral spring 2 in duct y, tends to close. Duct s has its discharge end3 of conical form and in it seats a ball-valve 4 which is held againstthe pressure'in the ga-gecup by a, spiral,

spring 5. Spring 2 is weaker than the pressure of the liquid enteringnozzle 2 into the gage-cup, while spring 5 is somewhat stronger thansaid pressure; so'that, while the parts are in position for charging thegage-cup, the pressure of the liquid overcomes spring 2 and, forcingback ball 1, enters the gage-cup, at the same time displacing the pistonto upwardly toas far as the plunger will go in the cup. The escape ofthe liquid, the quantity of which is automatically gaged according tothe distance which the piston 11 can rise, must now be by way of ducts sand 7'; and it follows on the upward movement of member is, ashereinafter described. which accomplishes a relatively downward movementof piston u in the gage-cup, the thus compressed liquid confined in thegage-cup overcoming spring 5 in order to escape past valve 4. It will beunderstood that the liquid just referred to is the syrup or flavoringliquid. Member is has an opening 6 which is internally flanged at thetop, as at 7, and tapped at the bottom, as at 8. i

9 is an externally flanged ring which is held up against flange 7 by asoft elastic gasket 10 interposed between said ring and a nut 11 screwedinto the tapped part of opening 6. Ring 9 has a nozzle 12 the duct 13through which opens into said ring (Fig. 4) and is controlled by a valve14 having a handle 15; since ring 9 has some downward movement in memberis, a slot 16 is formed in member 7a to accommodate the nozzle.

The upper member 17 of the filling head, as shown in Figs. 3, 5, 6, 7and 8 comprises a ring 18 into which isscrewed the lower enlarged end 19of a sleeve 20 arranged to slide vertically in the head 5. The ring 18carries an elastic gasket 21 set into its lower face'and adapted to beimp'inged by the upper face of rin is penetrated %y a plunger 22 havinga shoulder 23 near its lower end between which and an internal shoulder25 of the sleeve is an anti-friction thrust device 25. The device 25 anda collar 26 on the plunger, taking against the upper end of sleeve 20,prevent relative longitudinal movement of the sleeve and the lun er. Theupper end of the plan er 1s orrned as a steep-threaded spin le 27 whichworks in a nut 28 secured to the top of head I) by screws 29. A collar30 secured on the spindle above the nut limits the downward movement ofthe plunger.

31 is a cap which receives nut 28 and is secured thereto by screws 32.Between the top of this cap and a socket 33 arranged to slide verticallytherein is a spring 34, said socket carrying a hardened bearing pin 35taking against the upper end of the spindle. As thus c ns ructed, anyupward pressure 9, which is flat. Sleeve 20 applied against theplunger-22 sufiiciently to overcome spring 34 will raise the uppermember of the filling head, the threaded connection between the plungerand the nut 28 acting to rotate the former as it rises. Since, ashereinafter explained, a gas-tight chamber or space is formed by the twomembers of the filling head and the bottle at a certain stage of theoperation, leakage between the plunger and sleeve is prevented by arubber gasket 36 interposed between shoulders 37 and 38 on the portion19 of the sleeve 20 and the plunger, respectively.

In arc-shaped grooves 39 in ring 18 is set a series of arc-shapedsegments 40 arranged radially in the ring (see Fig. 8) and carrying attheir inner ends rotary crimping knurls 41, the free ends of saidsegments being normally pressed upwardly in the ring,

so as to retract the knurls, by springs 42 each being set in a verticalbore 43 in the ring and engaging a lug 44 on the segment. In thevertical bores 45 in the head bis arranged to move a series of pins 46which project down into the ring 18 each'in alinement with the free endof a segment 40. Downward movement of the pins is limited by their heads47 engaging the bottoms of the bores 46, against which they are normallyheld by springs 48 arranged in the bores between said heads andadjusting screws 49 tapped into the bores. The arrangementis such that,when the parts stand in the position shown in Fig. 3, the segments 40are retracted, but when the upper member of the filling head rises,springs 48 overcome springs 42 and cause the segments to move in theirgrooves 39, thus contracting the circle in which their knurls stand. Thelower end of the plunger 22 is conical, as at '50, said conical portionbeing surrounded by a concentric series of cap-holding fingers 51 whichare surrounded by an elastic band 52. Said band tends to contract thefingers into a small circle; this action is alwayslimited by the knurlends of the segments 40, which thus act to'keep the fingers in place.but it is overcome, with the consequence that the fingers withdraw. whenthe segments move inwardly to contract the circle in which their knurlsstand, the fingers 51 at this time sliding up on the cone 50.

Referring, now, to Fig. 4, the upper member 17 of the filling headcomprises a, ring 53 which is screwed on to the lower enlarged solid endor head portion 54 of a sleeve 55 arranged to slide vertically in: abore 56 of the head I). The ring 53 carries the'same rubber gasket 21describedaboveas adapted to co-act with the ring 9 to close the fillingchamber. The sleeve is penetrated by a stem 57 screwed into its head andprojecting through thetop of the head band hav- .-ing a collar 58 whichlimits its downward moveaaeutunder the pressure. of; a spiral a valvefor the purpose.

spring 59 interposed, in the sleeve, between the topof bore 56 and thehead 54 of thesleeve. 60 are segments arranged in; radial. segmentalgrooves 61 in the ring 53, These segments have plain inner ends, beingadapted, by standing close together, when contracted, to inbend thebottle cap flange as a plain circular shoulder, like the; knurlcarryingsegment 40 already described. At their rear ends they have lugs. 62;which are received in an internal groove 63 in a ring 64 arranged toslide vertically in the-ring 53. Pins 65 arranged concentrically in, thehead 54, rest on ring 64, and when the member 17 of the filling headmoves upwardly their movement is resisted by an annulus 66 bearingagainst a rubber gasket 67 on, a boss 68 on the head I). The head 54 isformed with an annular space 69 having a conical portion 70 around whichis arranged a series of fingers 71 like the fingers 51, the same beingsurrounded by an elastic band 72. The parts 71 and 72: act in the samemanner as the parts 51 and 52, and are controlled by segments 60. thesame as parts 51 and 52: are controlled by segments 40.. Springs 64:normally hold the ring 64 elevated. So far as I am at present aware, theoperation of snifting has been performed by the workman by a separatemanipulation of parts for effecting this. In the present machine, thesnifting operation is merely incidental to the operation of parts which.

have to move, anyway, in order to perform other functions. I employ areceiver which, while structurally separated or detached from thefilling head, forms a space that is practically a part of a sealed or aclosed chamber of which the space in the filling head is also a part; inthis art heretofore, as I know it, the space in the fillingheadafiordedthe only resort for the air and gas displaced from the bottleduring filling, and, since the construction and operation of the partsimmediately involved required that space to be more or less restricted,it was necessary for the operator, two or more times during the fillingor each bottle, to free the gas and air therein by manipulating Suchreceiver is shown in the drawing as a cylinder 73 arranged in the head 6and having a bore 74 and a nozzle 75 whose duct communicates with thebore. Into said bore fits a tube 76 which is mounted in themember 17 ofthe head and afi ords at all times communication between the cylinderand the space of said bore 74 through a part 7 6. The tube slides up inthe bore when the member 17 of the filling head rises and so brings aport 77 in saidtube into communication with the duct of the nozzle. 78is a cap on the cylinder, and 79 a plunger whose stem 80 penetrates thecap and may be vertically adjusted by a set screw 81. The capacity-ofthe receiver,

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;it will be manifest, is regulated by adjusting the plunger; lOperation: A bottle already having its jquantum of syrup is placed onthe rest h g and an empty bottle on restz'; a cap is also .placed in thecavity of member 17 of the ;filling head and thereheld by the fingers1.51 .or 71).v The operator now depresses i trea la e, which raisesshaft d and the parts it carries until? ring 9' brings up against thegasket 21. The resistance now offered to i'the upward advance of member70 indicates to the operator-that the filling chamber, which is to beformed by themember 17 and member k of the filling head and the bottle=on rest it, is closed at every point except by :the bottle. Continuedupward movement 5 of the shaft 05- actsto compress gasket 10 so Zthatits interior diameter is reduced; the Emouth of the bottle on: rest itnow enters igasket 10-, which snugly fits abou-tthesame and seals offthe space at all points from the outside. The pressure on treadle e isvnow stopped while the operator opens valve 14:v and thereby admits themain or principal liquid up to the desired height, which is readilyapparent because practically the whole of the bottle, except its mouth,is exposed, whereupon valve 14 is closed. The air which is expelled fromthe bottle occupics the filling head and the receiver (cylinder 73)which communicates with the filling :head through tube 76. Pressure onthe gtreadle is now resumed, which, ultimately causes member 7: of thefilling head to impinge against the head 6 where the shaft penetratesit, after which the shaft is free to continue its upward movement adistance approximately the length of the slot m. The remaining part ofthe operation. so far as the bottle rest It is concerned, is the stepofattachingthe cap. Under the continued pressure on treadl'e c, saidbottle rises until its mouth impinges against the usual lining pad ofthecap, which may be the ordinary disk having a depending flange and thelining pad inserted in the top thereof. The upward pressure of thebottle against the capacts to raise the upper member of the filli:nghead away from the lower member ithereof, butbefore the seal of thefilling chamber is broken as between gasket 21 and ring 9, port 77begins to register with the port or duct of the nozzle 75, so that therelease of the compressed air and gas which have been ejected from thebottle on filling. T occurs at the nozzle.

Referring. now, first to Figs. 3. 5, 6, 7. and 8: As the member 17 ofthe filling head rises, the pins 46, whose upward movement is resistedby springs 48, force the segments 40" inwardly so that their knurls takea contract-ed circular position and press against the flange of thecapto start the operation of bending the flange in under the lip ofthebottle and thereby locking the cap thereto. During the upward movementof member 17, the plun er 22 is, furthermore, caused to rotate fiy itsthreaded spindle working in the nut 28, and since the combined action ofthe springs o and 34: cause the bottle to be firmly gripped between itsrotary rest it and the plunger, said rest, the bottle and the plungerrotate together, while the member 17, of the filling head and itssegments are held from rotating by the pins 46. The result of thisoperation is that the knurls on the segments, still held against theflange of the cap, travel in a circumferential path on the cap flange,crimping it in under the lip of the bottle at all points and soeffecting the locking of the cap to the bottle. The springs 48, it willbe observed cushion the action of the knurls during this operation. Thepressure on treadle e is now releasedfso that the bottle first permitsthe member 17 of the filling head to drop into contact with the member7a thereof, and then the member is and the bottle assume their ori 'nalpositions.

eferring to Fig. 4:, when the bottle impinges against the cap and raisesmember 17 of the filling head, the segments 60 are caused to move into acontracted circular arrangement by the pins 65 resisting-upward movementof the ring 64. These segments simply inbend the flange of the cap underand into locking engagement with the li of the bottle without bendingthe flange o the cap inwardly in a plain smooth head or shoulder such asis formed in the operation of the cap-attaching means shown in Figs. 3,5, 6, 7 and 8. In both arrangements, when the segments contract theypush the fingers 51 and 71 up out of the way, as already clearlyindicated. While the bottle on rest It is being filled and capped, whichis during the upward movement of the shaft. d,the bottle on rest 6 isreceiving its portion of syrup. The pressure from the supply of syrupkeeps cup 25 filled, and when the cu rises with the member In, itsplunger, whic is held against its top wall by the syrup in the cup, canonly rise with the cup until the lower collar m impinges against the armw whereupon the plunger ceases to move farther and the continued risingof the cup causw the plunger to a proach the lower end of the cup, whichaction forces the syrup in the cup out of the nozzle overcoming thespring-pressed valve 4. Vfiien the shaft d is again lowered, the plungerwould folldw to its full extent with it except that the pressure fromthe syrup sup ly forces more syrup into the cu and so ho ds the plungerat the top of the latter.

It will be understood that by a slight modification of the operatingmechanism the bottle to be filled or capped might be placed on a fixedtable and the filling and "attaching means arranged to move down intooperating position instead of the bottle moving up as shown.

Reference is hereby made toLetters Patent of the United States datedApril 27th, 1909, No. 919,319.

Havin thus fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of two members, one of which is movable relativelyto'the other substantially longitudinally of the axis of the container,one of said members having guiding portions provided with guidingsurfaces extending substantially parallel with the axis of thecontainer, and cap-shaping devices slidable in said guiding portions andprojecting toward the other member, substantially as described.

2. The combination of two members, one of which is container-actuatedand movable relatively to the other substantially longitudinally of theaxis of the container, one of said members having guiding portionsprovided with gui'ding surfaces extending substantially arallel with theaxis of the container,v and cap-shaping devices slidable in said guidingportions and projectingto'ttard the other member, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination "of two members, one of which is movable relativelyto the other substantially longitudinally of the axis of the container,said movable member having guiding portions provided with guidingsurfaces extendingsubstantially parallel with the axis of the container,and cap-shaping devices slidable in said gulding portions and projectingtoward the other members, substantially as described.

i 4. The combination, with means, comprising arc-shaped devices directlyengageable with the cap, for shaping the cap into lockin engagement withthe container, of a contamer-actuated part having radially arrangedarc-shaped'recesses, said devices being disposed in said recesses andradially movable therein, and means for effecting relative movement asbetween the container and said part, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with means, comprising arc-shaped devices directlyengageable with the cap, for shaping the cap into looking engagementwith the container of a container actuated part having radially arrangedarc-shaped recesses, said devices be ing disposed in said recesses andradially movable therein, a fixed part, and other parts interposedbetween said fixed part and said devices and adapted to take the thrustof the latter on the movement of said container-actuated part,substantially as described.

6. The combination of means for shaping a cap into locking engagementwith the container, a container-holding means within the eeamo shapingmeans, said means being adapted for rotary movement the one relativelyto the other on the container axis of the holding means as a center andone of said means being also" movable longitudinally of said axis, andmeans, dependent for its action on the movement of one of said meanslongitudinally of said axis, for causing the relative rotary movement ofsaid means, substantially as described. 7

7. The combination of means for shaping a cap into locking engagementwith the container, a container-holding means within the shaping means,said means being adapted for rotary'movement the one relatively to theother on the container axis of the holding means as a center and one ofsaid means being also movable longitudinally of said ,axis, and means,comprising a threaded member, for causing the relative rotary movementof said means on the movement of the one longitudinally of'said axis,substantially as described. I

8. The combination of a rotary container holding means. having athreaded member, a fixed threaded part engaging wit-h said threadedmember and means for shaping a cap into locking engagement with thecontainer, said first-named means having its 0 axis of rotationcoincident with the container axis thereof and being also movablelongitudinally of said axis, substantially as described.

9. The combination of a rotary container holding means having a threadedmember, a fixed threaded part engaging with said threaded member andmeans for shaping a cap into locking engagement with the container, saidfirst-named means having its axis of rotation coincident with thecontainer axis thereof and being also movable longitudinally of saidaxis, and said other means being also movable with the containerlongitudinally of said axis, substantiallyas described.

10. The combination of a rotary container holding means having athreaded member, a fixed threaded part engaging with said threadedmember, said means having its axis of rotation coincident with thecontainer axis'thereof and being also movable longitudinally of saidaxis, a non-rotary part movable with the holdingnieans lonqitudinally ofsaid axis and means, carried y said last-named part and operative uponits movements with the holding means longitudinally of said axis, forshaping the cap into locking engagement with the container substantiallyas described.

11. The combination of means for shaping a cap into locking engagementwith the container, a container-holding means within the shaping means,said means being adapted for rotary movement the one relatively to theother on the axis of the holding means as a center, and means, having athreaded part engaged with one of said first-named means, for effectingthe relative rotation as between said first-named means, substantiallyas' described.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 30 day of September, 1907.

AMOS OALLE SON.

Witnesses:

G. W. EGBERT, WM. D. VAnLL.

